Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants randomly assigned to restrictive or liberal hemoglobin thresholds for blood transfusion

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Whyte, Robin K ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh ^b,c,k   Asztalos, Elizabeth V ^e   Andersen, Chad ^f   Blajchman, Morris ^d   Heddle, Nancy ^d   Lacorte, Meena ^g   Robertson, Charlene M T ^h   Clarke, Maxine C ⁱ   Vincer, Michael J ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^a,j   Roberts, Robin S ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^g BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Blood component transfusion; Controlled trial; Extremely low birth weight; Follow up; Long term; Neurocognitive function; Randomized

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449094253     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0338     Document Type: Article

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